That's ok. Those kind of things only happen there in the US. In Europe we have and will have internet like it is supposed to be. No bandwidth limits at all!
Bandwidth limits are fine. The problem is when they calculate bandwidth prices based on what you are using it for. It would be like the phone company saying "Want to talk to your family members? Well that costs 10c per minute but talking to your friends is only 5c per minute."
What the consumer pays for the bandwidth should be based on the actual cost the ISP incurs for that bandwidth and not on the value the customer is getting. That's none of the ISPs business.
>It would be like the phone company saying 'Want to talk to your family members? Well that costs 10c per minute but talking to your friends is only 5c per minute.'
You mean like wireless carriers making in-network calls free? Or Skype making in-network calls free?
>What the consumer pays for the bandwidth should be based on the actual cost the ISP incurs for that bandwidth and not on the value the customer is getting
This is based on the costs the carrier incurs - it costs more to transport traffic through a NAP and across another carrier's network than it does through one's own [1].
Preferring cost-based-pricing, i.e. fixed margin, versus value-based-pricing says carriers are a utility. The wording used implies cost-plus pricing (which has it's own boat of troubles - witness NASA contractor costs versus SpaceX [2]) is inherently superior to market pricing.
You realize most of Europe is America's pawn right? Only a few countries resist the temptations and pressures of their US/Global overlords. Anyways, Good luck with that additude. What happens in America echoes across the globe. Laugh while we fight our fight, who do you think is next??
